SEOUL: South Korea and the United States are maintaining a "very close" partnership on all North Korea-related issues, acting US Ambassador to Seoul Kevin Kim said Wednesday, as the allies are seeking a regular meeting on coordinating their policy on the North.
Kim made the remark after he met Jeong Yeon-doo, head of the office of strategy and intelligence at the Foreign Ministry, to discuss Seoul and Washington's policy on North Korea.
"The United States and Korea are closely coordinating on all issues, but it's very productive as always, and we have a very close partnership on all North Korea-related issues, " Kim told reporters, when asked if the two diplomats discussed launching a task force on North Korea policy, Yonhap News Agency reported.
But Kim declined to comment when asked whether the US is concerned about Lee's proposed policy goal to seek a "nuclear-free Korean Peninsula".